weep

🇺🇸 /wiːp/ 🇬🇧 /wiːp/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-C2
verb
R

to cry because of sadness

We weep when we feel very sad.

R

to release liquid slowly

The wound continues to weep fluid.

noun
R

a period of crying

After a good weep, she felt better.

translation

v. to cry because of sadness; to release liquid slowly
n. a period of crying

Word Forms

Past wept
3rd Present weeps
Progressive weeping
Perfect wept
Plural weeps